I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. We did not really take any pictures on Thanksgiving but ours was great. A couple families invited us over for dinner, we were fed well and taken care of.
Since you (mom) adopted Harley the turkey I stuck with the green beans, sweet potatoes, and stuffing. On Thanksgiving we got together with about six other missionaries and played horseshoes and croquet while the food was being prepared. There I told one of the missionaries how you all adopted a turkey and he chuckled for about a minute and said he never heard of such a thing. I'm still grateful that you all did that. :)
Well this week was a bit slow with it being a holiday. A lot of people were either out of town or had family over. One appointment that stuck out to me was with a man named Glenn Smith. He has a background in farming but is also an anthropologist, he has a degree in studying human origins. A couple special people to him have passed away but he believes that the idea that he will one day see them again seems like nothing more than a dream.
He is a very intelligent guy and very welcoming as the first time we went to visit the home it was raining and he immediately asked us, "Aren't you cold? Come inside." He shared an experience with us about him once having to take a test of some sort to become a part of a church/religion. He recalls failing that test and I believe that is holding him back somehow.
He told us that we're always welcomed over to have discussions and whatnot, but he does not appear to want to progress in his knowledge of religion at the moment thus my companion suggested it was best we probably stop by no earlier than a month. We gave him a pamphlet to read and I really hope it gets him thinking as to what's after this life.
On a more upbeat note, we had an experience about a week and a half ago but my e-mail last week was too short and I could not include it. Anyways, we were driving down this one road and for whatever reason my companion decided to drive towards the dead end and then circle back around to head back the opposite way. Well as we were beginning to make the circle, four dogs (various in size) ran up to the car. They did not seem threatening, but it was just a funny yet bizarre experience.
We began to take the turn and drive at about 3 MPH because we wanted to be sure not to harm any of them. The biggest dog of the bunch would also continually jump up and look into our windows and start to move its head around as though it wanted to be petted. They continually would run off a few feet then come back to the car. It may have taken three to five minutes just to make the U-turn and head the other way.
We had about three people come out to church this past Sunday, which was really good too. One we had just met and taught the day before, her name is Tammy; the second is Kevin Krohn, the husband of a member; and the third one is Rich Scroggins, who seemed to recently upset my companion whenever he begins to joke around telling me of his experience when aliens abducted him. Don't be alarmed, he has a strong spirit but sometimes Brother Scroggins humor can exceed that spirit, which isn't a bad thing.
To end this e-mail, I just want to let you all know I was volunteered to be part of a Christmas Choir. We will be singing Christmas carols with people of many other faiths this coming Saturday. I didn't write about it in past e-mails because I never really knew how serious it was. Especially when I told them that my singing experience goes about as far as singing in the tub or inside of a car with some '80s music or love songs playing. I'll let you all know how that goes and I also hope to send a few more pictures soon.
I'm about over with my e-mail time, which is the troubling part since uploading and saving pictures means less writing time. I will be sure to take pictures when appropriate though and share them with you all soon. Take care of yourselves and each other. I love you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Anthony Gallegos
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